Tag: nmpa

The boss of the US-based National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) has been giving his views on creative AI.

The bodies representing streaming services and publishers first agreed a new headline rate for streaming in the US in August.

The latest round of rate-setting for publishing royalties for on-demand audio streams in the US – known as ‘Phonorecords IV’ – has been settled surprisingly quickly.

The final ruling from the US CRB to set mechanical streaming royalties for the period of 2018-2022 dropped on Friday night.

US publishing body the NMPA held its annual meeting this week, and there was news on its relationships – both positive and negative – with music apps startups.

In recent years, the process of setting mechanical royalty rates for streaming in the US has led to rancorous fallouts

There’s a new contribution to the debate from former Spotify director of economics Will Page, who has been crunching historical data.

Remember when Apple Music was the good guy in the controversies around the US Copyright Royalty Board's rate-setting process for streaming mechanicals?

Publishing body the NMPA strongly criticised the proposals of the DSPs, but the actual filings weren't public yet. Now they are. Well, sort of.

This week, streaming services and US body the NMPA have filed their proposals for how the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) should set publishing rates for on-demand audio streams in the US from 2023 to 2027.

'Twitch Pro' has more features: custom playlists, which can be shuffled while streaming, as well as curated playlists from Soundstripe's music team.

To co-opt the old adage about buses... you wait ages for a rancorous music publishing / tech dispute to be put to rest with an agreement that isn't a licensing deal in itself, but paves the way for such deals... then two...